The Bargaining Committee of the Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC)-UAW stands in solidarity with our colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Graduate Employees Organization (GEO)-AFT Local 6297, who have been on strike since March 19 for a fair
Blog: Working Conditions are Learning Conditions
Dear Graduate Workers of Columbia, Our bargaining session yesterday coincided with a historic occasion for GWC: exactly 17 years ago, Columbia RAs and TAs voted to unionize in a 2002 NLRB election — but due to Columbia’s collaboration with the
Blog: The Bargaining Session That Wasn’t
Last week, at the inaugural bargaining session, we presented the Columbia administration with our bargaining goals, explaining how we can advance Columbia University’s academic mission by creating the conditions under which graduate workers at this university can flourish. This past